Why is mime_content_type() deprecated in PHP?

Question

I\'m just curious to know why mime_content_type() is now considered deprecated.

This method for determining the mime type is much easier than the replacement Fileinf

Answer 1

Another way is to pass to the constructor constant FILEINFO_MIME.

$finfo = new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME);
$type  = $finfo->file('path/filename');